By ALEXANDER LAWRIE and OLIVER FARRIMOND A HEROIC dad of two has been brutally stabbed to death – after going to the aid of a friend who was suffering a beating. Sean Stark, 25, from Lochgelly, Fife, was found dying in the street outside his home around 2am on Sunday morning. Locals have described Mr Stark as [...]
By Oliver Farrimond JAILBIRDS in Scotland’s prisons are to be given life-coaching lessons under a new NHS scheme. Women prisoners will be offered the chance to learn “household management skills” and be given sexual health tips in a project to be piloted by NHS Lothian. The scheme, codenamed “Willow”, will attempt to equip female prisoners [...]
By Oliver Farrimond FRIENDS, family and former teachers of stunning Doctor Who starlet Karen Gillan have backed the 21-year-old former model for greatness. The role – widely thought of as one of the biggest in television – sees the svelte beauty acting as sidekick to new Doctor Matt Smith. Father John Gillan said he was [...]
By Rory Reynolds Hospital patients will be invited to watch their favourite flicks while the under knife, rather than be zonked out by powerful anesthetics. Patients can tune into classics such as “Blade Runner: Final Cut” or “Doctor Dolittle” rather than being put to sleep during surgery. The scheme was devised by medical guru Dr. [...]
By Rory Reynolds CASH-STRAPPED students are being offered thousands of pounds to work on farms this summer amid fears that a manpower shortage could threaten Scotland’s massive tattie industry. Tattie pickers – or potato-roguers – are being offered up to £3,500 to work from June to August to roam Scotland’s 27,000 acres of potato crops [...]
By Rory Reynolds A SCOTS teenager who was mauled by a lion has spoken of her shock after her friend was killed by a tiger – at the same animal park. Lisa Baxter, 19, was scarred for life after a lion savaged her hands at Zion Wildlife Gardens in New Zealand, where a rare white [...]
By Rory Reynolds Hollywood heartthrob Dougray Scott has revealed that his tough council estate upbringing in Fife prepared him for his blockbuster career. The Desperate Housewives star said he began getting into fights and drinking heavily at just 15, before getting into acting school. Scott, 43, said: “Fights were a daily occurrence but I thought [...]
By Rory Reynolds REVELLERS at this year’s T in the Park festival can look forward to spending a luxury weekend with private toilets, bedrooms and fine dining – at a cost of £2,500 a ticket. Organisers are battling the credit crunch head-on and offering the exclusive, VIP-area tickets to festival goers fed-up with mud baths, [...]
By Michael MacLeod A BARMAID believes she is “jinxed” after a woman cried on her shoulder before dying in a fire just minutes later. Ann Forrest, 46, perished in a house fire in Fauldhouse yesterday (Friday) morning amid circumstances which police are still investigating. Neighbours tried to smash their way into the house but couldn’t [...]
WATCH the thrilling final part of our special Britain’s Got Talent feature on the remarkable rise of Scotland’s fastest-rising star: Susan Boyle. In the run-up to Saturday’s live final, Deadline Scotland is charting the life of Britain’s most amazing talent all this week – The Susan Boyle Story, Every Day, 6.30pm GMT.
By Paul Thornton A HEARTS fan has walked free from court after admitting invading the pitch during an Edinburgh derby. Robert Philips, 25, was one of two men arrested following the incident at Tynecastle during the capital clash earlier this month. The electrician was bundled from the pitch by stewards and spent a night in [...]
By ALEXANDER LAWRIE BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT superstar Susan Boyle will have a new Scottish rival to contend with during Saturday’s final extravaganza. Rock geek William Swales, 22, will be appearing during the popular show’s ad break alongside bonafide guitar god Bruce Watson from Big Country. The advert for a Glasgow music shop will be aired [...]
By Paul Thornton SCOTLAND’S youngest Michelin-starred chef has forced a nearby bistro to change its name. Tom Kitchin claims customers could become confused between his top-end restaurant The Kitchin and Len McCarthy’s Kitsch-in Coffee Bar Bistro. Despite his restaurant serving up haute-cuisine compared to Mr McCarthy’s toasties and pies, Mr Kitchin instructed to lawyers to [...]
By Cara Sulieman SUSAN BOYLE fans in Blackburn are getting a helping hand from last year’s Scots’ finalist Andrew Muir – they have borrowed the ‘good luck’ sign he used from his parent’s pub. But they are hoping the second outing for the sign that is now hanging in Blackburn Community Centre will prove better. [...]
By Cara Sulieman DESPITE rumours that Susan Boyle will be pulling out of Britain’s Got Talent, the residents of Blackburn still think she has what it takes to win. Across the road from her modest council house, three generations of the same family are rooting her on. Gary Barkhouse lives with his family and is [...]
By ALEXANDER LAWRIE A RELIGIOUS Education teacher has been struck off after showing a sectarian Nazi film to impressionable young pupils in class. Angry parents complained after one child later told about the shock video clip being played at Vale of Leven Academy, Alexandria. Teacher Stephen McInally was already on his final warning at the [...]
by SHAUN MILNE SCOTS actress Karen Gillan has been unveiled as Dr Who’s next companion. The stunning 21-year-old from Inverness will star alongside the next Timelord – former Party Animals actor Matt Smith – in the hit BBC adventure series. But fans of the show may already remember Karen, a former student at Edinburgh’s Telford [...]
By ALEXANDER LAWRIE SCOTTISH conservationists fear the reintroduction of beavers to the country’s rivers will lead to plummeting fish stocks. The Salmon and Trout Association (STA), Britain’s leading gamefish conservation body, have warned the return of the animals will have an adverse impact on fish populations – in particular trout and salmon. The main problem, [...]
WATCH the fabulous fourth part of our special Britains Got Talent feature on the remarkable rise of Scotlands fastest-rising star: Susan Boyle. In the run-up to Saturdays live final, Deadline Scotland is charting the life of Britains most amazing talent all this week The Susan Boyle Story, Every Day, 6.30pm GMT.
By Lauren Crooks Britain’s Got Talent singer Susan Boyle is sick with worry after her favourite niece collapsed just weeks after giving birth to a baby boy. Jacquelene Houston, 31, had been suffering dizzy spells, heaping stress on her famous aunt in the run up to the grand final of the contest. Susan – who [...]